SeptemberNet- During a protest on Monday afternoon in front of the United Nations building, the Association of Mothers of the kidnapped in Hodeidah,condemned the policy of the Horthi-Saleh militias in starving the kidnappers and preventing the visit, or the entry of food for them.

In a statement issued by the association, a copy of which was obtained by SeptemberNet, the Association of the Mothers of the kidnapped said that the Houthi-Saleh militias have taken the policy of starvation in the month of Ramadan.

The mothers reported that a number of family members’ claims have increased recently due to the intransigence of the coup militias during the month of Ramadan and the deprivation of the detainees from food provided by their families in 30 prisons spread throughout Hodeidah.

In the statement issued by the association, the mothers expressed their deep concern at the increasing number of abuses that could result in death Kidnapped inside the jails of the coup militia.

The mothers of the kidnappers demanded through the statement, the United Nations to investigate urgently those violations and the urgent international intervention to hold those responsible for these crimes.

They also assured of the need to improve the conditions of the abductees and expedite their release.

The statement carried the coup militia responsible for the life and safety of the abductees, stressing that these crimes will not be hidden, no matter how long and that the perpetrators will be held accountable for their crimes.

Text of the statement

We at the Association of the Mothers of Kidnappers in Hodeidah province condemn the policy of starvation practiced by the Huthi-Saleh armed groups against our kidnapped sons in this holy month, and the prohibition of food entering, and preventing mothers from visiting their sons.

Despite the extreme heat of the province, especially during the summer, the abductees and the disappeared inside the prisons of Horthy, suffer severe and inhumane, they are in narrow cells and without electricity to ease the heat they suffer.

Recently, we have received a number of repeated requests from the families of the abductees of increasing intransigence against the abductees in the month of Ramadan and depriving them even of breakfast, and the food visits that attend their families.

Although there are about 30 prisons in the province, the militia did not allow parents to visit their sons.

We are the mothers of abductees in the province of Hodeidah, express our deep concern at the increasing number of horrific violations that could result in the lives of our abducted sons in the prisons of the Houthi-Salih armed groups.

We are here in front of the headquarters of the United Nations call on to investigate urgently these violations and urgent humanitarian intervention to hold those responsible for these heinous crimes accountable.

We also affirm the need to improve the conditions of the abductees and speed up their release.

We hold the Horthi-Saleh armed groups the life and safety of the abducted and the forcibly disappeared. These crimes will not be hidden, no matter how long the perpetrators will be held accountable for their crimes.

Issued by the Association of mothers of abductees in the Hodeidah province.